John Evans Publishes Willimantic's First Newspaper

Title

John Evans Publishes Willimantic's First Newspaper

Description

John Evans publishes the Public Medium, Willimantic's first newspaper. It is later renamed the Willimantic Journal.

Source

Ellen Douglas Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut, Volume II: 1760-1880 (Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1880), 557.

Date

1848

Contributor

dore_lindsey

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“John Evans Publishes Willimantic's First Newspaper,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/732.